Kim Jong-nam Died from Huge Dose of Nerve Agent

Kim fainted at the airport clinic and died in the ambulance while en route to a hospital, he said. Kim was dead within hours of the attack, in which two women went up behind him and appeared to smear something onto his face before walking away in separate directions.

The women, Indonesian and Vietnamese citizens, are in police custody and have told officials from their respective embassies that they believed they were taking part in a TV prank.

Kim Jong-nam was estranged from Kim Jong-un.

Speaking at a press conference after opening the Conference on Education and Social Affairs of the Islamic Consultative Council here, Ahmad Zahid said the investigation must be conclusive, not involving just the police but also the Health Ministry, Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd and the operator of the CCTV cameras which recorded the incident.

In the closed-door briefing, Lee said the attackers worked in two four-person teams, and converged in Kuala Lumpur, legislators who attended the meeting said.

Malaysian police said Friday that Kim Jong Nam was poisoned by VX nerve agent, a chemical banned by worldwide convention that North Korea is known to have.

However, Erwin said Siti was physically healthy while Vietnamese officials said Huong was “in stable health”.

Selangor state police chief Abdul Samah Mat told reporters an investigation was continuing at an apartment complex in Kuala Lumpur in connection with the four North Koreans who fled Malaysia on the day of the killing.

Several other North Koreans are wanted for questioning by Malaysian officials.

The body believed to be that of Kim Jong Nam has yet to be identified by next of kin, so Malaysia is refusing to release the remains.

Malaysian police have said they may issue an arrest warrant for the diplomat if he does not cooperate, but it is unclear if they can do so given he has diplomatic immunity.

North Korea denies it ordered the killing of its ruler’s half-brother.

Glocom nearly certainly traded on North Korea’s behalf, and may have been involved in funding the recent assassination of Kim Jong Nam. This is one reason most of the world has banned what is truly a weapon of mass destruction.

Kim Jong Nam had traces of a potent chemical weapon on his face and in his eyes at time of death, Malaysian police said Friday, citing toxicology test results.

It’s labeled a weapon of mass destruction by the United Nations and is “probably the most sophisticated nerve agent that has been developed”, says Charles Duelfer, a former U.S. intelligence officer and weapons inspector and former head of the fact-finding mission that looked for weapons of mass destruction – including VX – in Iraq.

Tasteless and odourless, VX has an amber-like colour and has the consistency of motor oil.

Sathasivam said Sunday that VX requires only a 10-milligram dose to be lethal, and that he believes the dose applied to Kim’s face was much more than that.

South Korea has directly accused Kim Jong Un of ordering a “terrorist” attack to remove a potential rival, and Yun Byung-se, the South’s foreign minister, Tuesday called for North Korea to be expelled from the United Nations.